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Friday, 9 August 2013

Karol at the Window - Finished!

Here is the photo of little Karol in Poland gazing through the window at the snow. The picture was taken by my brother in law, Richard, and he loves the picture (and Karol) so much that this is his screen saver on his computer. When Richard said he would like a miniature quilt based on this photo I wasn't at all sure how I would do it. I thought of appliqué for the shape of Karol, but really could not work out what colour to use. In the end I decided that the answer lay with free motion quilting, not appliqué...

... and here he is!Thank you to everyone who has posted comments about this project - you have all been wonderful and helped me along!I think Richard will be pleased when he gets this little wall hanging - it is only 13 and a half by 15 and a half inches. I'm not sure that Karol is going to be too impressed. He is a big boy of 5 now and will want to know why I have shown him as a little baldy with a wrinkly neck. I fully expect his granny Bogusia will want one, so I will see whether I can make a better version.Anyway, I'm happy with the end result, and I hope you all like it too. It was nice doing a project just using the two Singer 15K machines - the 1949 hand machine for all the straightforward straight stitch, and the 1945 treadle for the free motion work. Truly marvellous machines. This post is linked with the BedTime Quilting blog for the TGIFF link up- lots more Friday finishes to see there.Also to Sarah's blog Confessions of a Fabric Addict for Whoop Whoop Friday.And to Leah Day's blogfor Free Motion FridayAnd to Vals Quilting Studiofor Tuesday Archives.

18 comments:

That is amazing, I have discovered that free motion is not for me, my back can't take it but I do like using my old machines for making clothes and toys. I can't wait to get my husqvarna Freja back together and working I am told they are a dream to sew with.